Anthony P said:Tom said:How about you, Anthony?
No sir, not me. Never worked with them. By the time I really got into the exotics, these guys were already too rich for my blood.
Nothing against Mark, or any others who love this species enough to give them a try, but I try to stick to small, cold tolerant species that are EASY enough to breed. These guys obviously don't fit the latter at all.
As much as I would love Chelus, Carettochelys, Platysternon, Acanthochelys, Platemys, etc., I just hate the idea of spending so much to maybe have breeding success. It's always a crapshoot, but I'd rather try to pay a lot for projects that will probably give me breeding success.
You have to respect those that try it though. It's a high reward thing. I doubt the few people who are breeding rare animals like Chelonoidis, Chelus, or Podocnemis erythrocephala are regretting their decision to do so.
I'm just a chicken Not tough like Mark..
Lots of things that are available today were thought of the same way years ago. The reward factor of trying to figure out species lie this is what drives me, today. I have been drooling over this thread none stop, it's not good for me affliction. Such an amazing species.